Plant-Based Travelers

SHORT VERSION

We are a group of Whole Food Plant-Based Travelers. We are not location dependent. Rather, we travel and enjoy life adventures. The thing that unites us is a desire to reap the benefits of a Whole Foods plant-based diet combined with healthy active living.

LONG VERSION

Plant-Based Travelers is associated with the PlantPure Pods movement (I, David, am the group leader for a traveling pod as well as the group leader for this meetup). Some of the members listed here are also members there; some are not (either is fine). If interested in the pods, the website for PlantPure Pods can be found at:

https://www.plantpurepods.com/podsdirect/plant-based-travelers/

Overview

Plant-Based Travelers generally has two functions: (1) Community Support to its members, and (2) Education & Outreach to interested others. In a world that still believes that eating meat protein is healthy and where fast food is the norm, those of us who choose to eat a Whole Fools Plant Based diet run counter to the rest of the world. Our ideas are suspect to many. Well-meaning but ill-informed loved ones even warn us that eating this way will cause irreversible damage. But science, for some time now, has been providing very strong evidence that these ideas are based on outdated and inaccurate information. -1- Still, we must struggle with how to swim upstream against a strong current of misinformation and nutritional inaccuracies. How do we, as a group, deal with this dynamic in ways that (1) helps us live healthier lives, and (2) help others understand the new science?

1. Community Support (Primary Focus)

Creating a formal support network of Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) individuals is one way is to help each other sustain healthy eating choices as we listen to each others’ joys, sorrows, and struggles associated with standing strong in our way of eating and living. We brainstorm ideas and share personal experiences as a way to help each other live the life we choose with regard to food and health. Many of us are also travelers at heart. Some of us are full-time nomads, while others are part time wanderers. All of us, however, are striving to find our place in the world of Whole Food Plant Based eating. We help one another, as best we can, in our WFPB community. This is the primary reason for the group – Community Member Support.

2. Education & Outreach (Secondary Focus)

We now have very compelling evidence to support our healthy choices for WFPB eating, even as the Standard American Diet (SAD) is killing millions!-2- Educational outreach is the secondary focus of the group. Where public education is requested (assuming we have the time and resources to do so), we will educate. While community support of Plant-Based Travelers group members remains our primary mission, education and outreach is also a strong value.

Our philosophy is one of love and tolerance for others. We engage in non-violent communication and treat each other (inside and outside of the group) with respect. We engage in debate respectfully. This respectful positioning is the philosophical basis of our education and outreach. We believe that we will change the world over time though awakening (changing the hearts and minds) of the population as opposed to fighting it. This is not the only way to be in the world, it is just our way.

In the end, Plant-Based Travels help each other build better lives through healthy eating, mutual support, education, and a strong community, both inside and outside of the group. If these values seem to match yours, please consider joining our community. My best to you and yours as you move through this wonderful journey of life!

David Cranmer

Founder/Organizer– Plant-Based Travelers

Campbell, C.T., 2014, Whole; Campbell, C.T., 2005, China Study.

Fuhrman, J., 2017, Fast Food Genocide.